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Favorite sayings / quotes

stuff

Ethics:
Just because you can... doesn't mean its right

VFR flight into IMC:
Just because you can.. does mean you should
 
My dad had a sign in his office which I now have in mine:
"Sometimes it is not enough that we do our best. Sometimes we have to do what is required." - Winston Churchill
 
From our old squadron lounge (vietnam era)

"If in danger or in doubt... nose it over and bail out!"

or another

"when standing butt deep in aligators, sometimes its hard to remember the mission was to drain the swamp!"
 
When will it be done?

"When will it be done?"

"Thursday.....(pause) ... I don't just don't know what Thursday. Credit to FL-Mike of Venice, Fl
 
A couple that I like (may of seen them on VAF before). I wouldn't base life's philosophy on either of these but they are good for a laugh. :)

"Whoever dies with the most toys wins."

"If you can't fix it with a hammer you have an electrical problem."
 
Command

The great thing about moving to the left seat and becoming a captain in your airline . . . is that you get to fly with a better class of people.
 
"Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting, 'WOW . . . What a ride!' "
 
copilot speak

1. Nice landing, sir!

2. I'll eat the chicken. You can have the steak.

3. You can have the blonde.
 
From My CFI

"Climb to 6500 feet. Once there, I'm going to take the controls and show you something."

Minutes later, I received some unexpected spin training!:eek::D
 
Favorite sayings...

"Why build one when you can have two for twice the price?"
~ S.R. Hadden (from the Carl Sagan-inspired film Contact)
 
An old one and a rebuttal

We've all heard the old saw, "A good landing is one you can walk away from."

My rebuttal is, "If you can walk away from it, it was just a 'landing', a 'good landing' is one where the plane is reusable.

Soyuz capsules make 'landings'. The Space Shuttle makes 'good landings'.
 
My wife....

My wife.....are usually the first two words out of a builder when asked why he chose a side-by-side RV.
 
M14P Engine Startup

My friend Chuck upon startup of his M14P radial engine in his biplane:

"It's the most fun I've ever had turning Money into Smoke and Noise!"

With its pneumatic starter, the M14P engine provides an unforgettable experience as it hisses, whines, burps and belches to life just two hangars away from mine.
 
A couple of Favs

"All things being equal, fat people use more soap."

"No matter how you cut it, 1/7th of your life will be lived on a Monday."

"If you are going to pass the torch, be sure to include the flame."

"Just because you are paranoid, doesn't mean you're not really being followed."
 
From my neighbor and airplane-building mentor/coach/teacher, who taught me to make everything from a single hole to the entire assembly as good as I can possibly make it:

"There's no half-assed s**t in airplanes."
 
Airshow

My tailwheel instructor on the importance of keeping the stick back into the wind: "If you don't, then you've got an airshow."
 
"Whoever dies with the most toys wins."

The corollary to that one is, "He who dies with the most toys is never the less still dead".
 
From the EAA chapter 81 September new letter, most I had never heard.

LARRY`S PROVERBS
1. A day without sunshine is like night.
2. On the other hand, you have different fingers.
3. 42.7 percent of all statistics are made up on
the spot.
4. 99 percent of lawyers give the rest a bad
name.
5. Remember, half the people you know are
below average.
6. He who laughs last, thinks slowest.
7. Depression is merely anger without
enthusiasm.
8. The early bird may get the worm, but the
second mouse gets the cheese in the trap.
9. Support bacteria. They're the only culture
most people have.
10. A clear conscience is usually the sign of a
bad memory..
11. Change is inevitable, except from vending
machines.
12. If you think nobody cares, try missing a
couple of payments.
13. How many of you believe in psycho-kinesis?
Raise my hand.
14. OK, so what's the speed of dark?
15. When everything is coming your way, you're
in the wrong lane.
16. Hard work pays off in the future. Laziness
pays off now.
17. How much deeper would the ocean be
without sponges?
18. Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get
sucked into jet engines.
19. What happens if you get scared half to death,
twice?
20. Why do psychics have to ask you your name?
21. Inside every older person is a younger person
wondering, 'What the heck happened?'
22. Just remember -- if the world didn't suck, we
would all fall off.
23. Light travels faster than sound. That's why
some people appear bright until you hear
them speak.
24. Life isn't like a box of chocolates. It's more
like a jar of jalapenos. What you do today,
might burn your butt tomorrow.
 
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